In Dogsong written by Gary Paulsen a boy is living with his dad in a small village in canada. He does not like the way his people have come to live with snow machines and all the things brought by the white men. He wants to live the way his people once did. So he decides to go to Oogruck. Oogruck is the only one left that knows the original way still. He is hoping Oogruck will teach him these ways so he can live the way once lived. I think the author did a very well job of describing everything. He did not just describe the looks of the things but also the smell and the feel. It was so good it was like I was rite there. He did a great job on this. I also think the author did a very well job tying it all together. There were times I didn’t get what he was talking about but then he made it clear. He tied it together very well by explaining it all together through the characters thoughts and dreams. It was very well put together. One thing I think the author didn’t do well on was the ending. It just stopped and wasn’t very strong. I think he could have not stopped it as brief and made it more powerful. That’s the only thing I think he could have improved on. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes action and suspenseful books. It is very exciting and makes you want to keep reading. It is a great book and I hope you will read it to.

The book Dog Song by: Gary Paulsen is a great survival book. its about a young man named Russell who goes out into the wilderness to find his song. but in the middle of his adventures he is stopped by many obstacles. such as being trapped on ice flows or rescuing people. even killing polar bears. This is an exciting thriller that can be boring and than strait up exciting! Some things i liked about this book where how it could change. sometimes it will be so boring you'd rather die than the next moment your on the tip of your seat. Some other things were the events. like when he gets trapped or rescues someone or just cool stuff happening around him. Also I liked the surroundings they described . I Love the Arctic so it made me happy and excited. Like when a storm is coming or just pure cold air that they describe. Allot of other things they added like the dogs. I love dogs there one my favorite animals so if you do to read it. They include the dogs as one of the main characters in the book. I also liked how they described survival tactics and how they live. They talked about there diet allot and there clothing and also a bunch of how to hunt stuff. A whole chapter was about hunting and eating. Some things I thought they could have done better on was lots of stuff. S me at least 5 chapters were about his dreams he had. Which was most boring thing ever. talking about songs an all that. Like one was about a mammoth guy or something really weird. Just blabbing on about really weird stuff.

The story Dogsong by Gary Paulson is about a boy who goes on a difficult journey, across the arctic. He feels that the newer technologies and techniques brought to his village are ones that are not needed. When a friend tells him to go find his ‘song’ he leaves for the wilderness. He has only his dogs to rely on, and magical dreams tie his life and his thoughts together. The boy must learn to take care of his sled dog team, to stay alive. The author did a good job ordering the events. Every idea led to the next, leading to an unpredictable ending. Every chapter was fluencial, and not out of order. This helped because every thought was clearer and wasn’t all crazy or confusing. Gary Paulson should have taken out certain chapters. Some were boring and not needed. They just set for an exhausting story. Many areas of the book did not show an in depth idea. The word choice was somewhat uninteresting for a seventh grader, but would be perfect for a fifth grade student. Many of the sentences started, using a subject-verb pattern. This is a perfect book, for people who enjoy action-adventure stories. When factoring in the word choice, it is around an intermediate school level.

In the book Dogsong by Gary Paulsen, you will experience the story on a strong adventure book filled with serious adventures and special relationships that will catch you by your mind and makes you to keep reading. It’s about a boy named Russel who is an Eskimo to prove himself that he can become a man. He was inspired by an Eskimo shaman Oogruk to go on a year- long journey to complete difficult tasks and come back to the village alive. On the way he faces a polar bear in a fierce battle and ends up saving a pregnant Eskimo girl. While on this journey, Russel has dark dreams to clear his mind and bring back traditional music back to his village. Overall I liked the information that Gary Paulsen wrote about this book. He actually made you feel you were actually in the book and you can picture the parts in your mind. He came up with really good and intense parts during Russel’s journey to show how hard it was to become a man in the Eskimo beliefs. He showed the emotions that the characters had and you can feel them as you read along. What Gary Paulson could of done better was the ending. He really didn’t say what happened in he end, he just let it open to make you think what could of happened next. It wasn’t the ending I was hoping for. Really the ending was just nothing. It didn’t say Russel made it back to the village alive, it ended with him going along the journey. I like the information and the explaining just didn’t like the ending. I would recommend this book to a boy or a girl that likes books about the arctic wilderness and adventure.